Crazy Riding With The Crazy 8's

3. Crazy Riding With The Crazy 8's
       
 

       

While riding her V-Star, an angry tornado lifted Lori skyward, but the furious storm must have noticed her beauty and her spirit, so it gently set her safely down on the highway once again.

Lori's Beautiful Machine

Last issue we printed “Scooter’s Story”.  Scooter is a member of the Crazy 8’s and her fellow club founding member is Lori Maynard, a professional photographer for the Central Wrestling Federation and author of a book of poems called Poetry Carnival. Lori has written to tell us what it was like getting caught in a tornado on her 2003 V-Star. 

“Reaching Indianapolis, the sky was the blackest I’ve ever seen. Suddenly, the bike and I were picked up off the Interstate and together we were turned towards the fast lane, all the while being pelted with unbelievable hail, rain and wind. People were parking and fleeing from their cars, so I pulled under an overpass. There was no way that I would run away and leave my bike on the kickstand. Later I found out that a tornado had passed right through!

“My favorite time to ride is in the middle of a summer’s night when the world is so quiet, and I’m usually the only one out. I’m proud to be a woman rider. If we see each other on the highway, be sure to wave.”

Poet Lori’s verses can be read through link at her Cruiser Customizing member profile. Here’s a verse about getting sent skyward while riding a motorcycle in a tornado.

                        

Gnarling and gnashing, the present was cruel,
       No thought had I but, “Please, God, see me through!”
                          Life was suspended if but for one second,
                                    As I began to think this was my final cue.

Lori Maynard, aka "Lori2838"